Jim Bates - Watercolor Painter Jim Bates began a professional career as an art director in advertising after studying art and graphic design at the Art Center College of Design. His representational watercolors have been exhibited in galleries and shows throughout San Diego and in Arizona, and are in private collections in London, Paris, Tokyo and the United States.
Awards
2008 2nd Place, Water Media, Indian Wells Art Festival San Diego Watercolor Society Award, San Diego County Fair
2007 3rd Place, Water Media, San Diego County Fair, 3rd Place, Water Media, La Jolla Art Association Open Juried Show
2006 1st Place; People’s Choice, Fallbrook Art of the Avocado Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce “Artist of the Year” 2nd Place and 3rd Place, Water Media; Peoples Choice, San Diego County Fair 3rd Place, Fallbrook Art Association Open Juried Show
2005 3rd Place, Water Media; SDMA Artists Guild Award, San Diego County Fair 1st Place Water Media; Peoples Choice, Fallbrook Art Association Open Juried Show
2004 Water Media Honorable Mention; Peoples Choice, Fallbrook Art Association Open Juried Show 3rd Place, Water Media, San Diego County Fair Gallery
Representation The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona Memberships Fallbrook Art Association The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild The San Diego Watercolor Society